I love real stock that is made from scratch, stock that is simmered slowly with the freshest of ingredients. I have made fresh stock a handful of times. The rest of the time, I have used store bought stock. Don’t judge me! I plan to go back to simmering my own stock after my chickens have flown their coop and when time is not such a novelty. It is a promise, I hear echoing all around me as enthusiastic …

If I were a colour, I would be brown. Although I say that I love white and black (that is the photographer in me talking), I gravitate towards everything brown. Autumn with its russet coloured carpets, warm brown breads laid out on hessian at farmer’s markets, chestnuts, camel hued clothes, almost bare branches with crumply brown leaves barely hanging on for dear life, fresh cakes with golden tops, gorgeous dark wood chairs with coloured cushions and a pair of hot …

Why couldn’t I have called today’s recipe Tomato Soup instead of Tamatar Shorba? For starters, this soup is very different from your average Cream Of Tomato Soup. A Tamatar Shorba happens when your tinned tomatoes travel back in time to ancient Persia or the Mughal-ruled India. You may use fresh tomatoes of course, but not if you are in Sydney probably. I don’t know what the price of tomatoes is elsewhere, but here in Sydney it would be the equivalent …

A quick recipe for you guys today. It is a true classic and for those who have slow-cookers, I would recommend tossing all ingredients in them before you leave for work in the morning and let it slow-cook on low heat for 8 hours give or take few. I promise you, the hearty broth resulting from that slow meltdown and infusing of flavors will warm you to the core. I made this yesterday, when I had a ton of work …

Hello! I am Sneh from Sydney - a Food & Lifestyle Photographer, Stylist, Designer & Mum.
I am also the author of Tasty Express (Random House 2014). A wordsmith at heart, I have a fondness for rain, freshly baked bread and happy endings. This is my creative playground. Here you will find food to nourish your bodies & stories to enrich your souls.